Saxophone audition repertoire

Undergraduate and graduate alto and tenor saxophone audition requirements

• all major scales
• two contrasting etudes and/or a piece from the saxophone literature in which you may best demonstrate tone quality, technique, articulation, phrasing and expression

Example of etudes/alto saxophone literature:

• 48 Famous Studies for oboe or saxophone by Ferling
• Selected Studies for Saxophone by Voxman
• Bozza, Improvisation et Caprice
• Creston: Sonata
• Dressel: Bagatellen
• Eccles: Sonata
• Glazunov: Concerto
• Handel: Sonata
• Heiden; Sonata
• Lunde: Sonata
• Maurice: Tableaux de Provence
• Tull: Sarabande and Gigue

Examples of etudes/tenor saxophone literature:

• 48 Famous Studies for oboe or saxophone by Ferling
• Selected Studies for Saxophone by Voxman
• Burkholder: Sonata
• Caravan: Quiet Time
• Porpora: Sinfonia
• Schmidt: Sonatina
• Vivaldi: Sonata in g minor

Saxophone studio website

Visit the saxophone studio website for more information about the program.

Contact

Jonathan Bergeron, Saxophone

Office: Bldg. 37, Room 189
Phone: 928-523-3166
Email: Jonathan.Bergeron@nau.edu